Would these dogs be English Mastiffs? My next door neighbors have 2 of these monsters. My neighbors say they are not mean they are just stupid. I stay away from the dogs and they never run loose.
There are several mastiff breeds, and I find the media rarely knows the difference. I can, off the top of my head, think of:
Bull Mastiffs, English Mastiffs, French Mastiffs (also known as dogue de bordeaux), Neopolitan Mastiffs and Tibetan Mastiffs. There may be more.
Of course, the media also rarely knows the difference between a pit bull and a Bull Terrier. In fact, I suspect they don’t know the difference between a golden retriever and a yellow lab.
susie